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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly confirmed Thursday that Canada denied a diplomatic visa request from a Chinese political operative last fall due to concerns about foreign interference — and said she wouldn't hesitate to expel diplomats

MONTREAL — Quebec RCMP are investigating what they say are two secret police stations allegedly operated by Chinese authorities at community organizations in the Montreal area.

OTTAWA — Allegations of foreign interference in Canada's democracy have dominated discussions on Parliament Hill for the past week, with the prime minister unveiling new measures aimed at investigating what happened in the last two federal elections

OTTAWA — The Liberal government introduced legislation on Thursday that would alter terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code that have blocked Canadian humanitarian aid from reaching Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Ottawa on March 23 to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Canadian soil, his first visit north of the border since taking the oath of office in 2021.

OTTAWA — A Liberal bill to delay the planned expansion of Canada's medically assisted dying regime has passed third reading in the Senate.

TORONTO — Cities and police services across Ontario say they are following the federal government's lead in banning TikTok from work and government-owned devices, while others consider such bans, as privacy watchdogs assess the video-sharing platform

OTTAWA — In a March 8 story about proposed legislation that would change the process for handling complaints about the conduct of judges, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that Bill C-9 would remove the federal justice minister from the process

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have taken a relatively limited toll on overall global mental health, Canadian researchers say in a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ...